The e-mail account of about 30 top US prosecutors has been hacked, according to the country's judiciary. This information was given in the report of BBC online on Sunday.
There were major cyber attacks in the United States last year. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement that the e-mail accounts of the prosecutors were attacked.
The aggrieved prosecutors were users of a software called SolarWinds. The United States has said Russia is behind the attack.The U.S. Department of Justice says the offices of 27 prosecutors have been hacked. Computers contained sensitive information. It is feared that a lot of information has been leaked as a result of the cyber attack.
This is being seen as the most horrific cyber espionage attack on the US government.Former US Federal Counsel Gil Safar called the hacking incident the most serious. He said prosecutors' e-mails contain highly sensitive and confidential information. If hackers find secret informants in the mail, they can use them to achieve their goals.Renato Marriott, another former federal prosecutor, said government prosecutors were investigating sensitive issues. It also includes a major financial investigation. Any information leaked or leaked could be used for blackmail or extortion. '
Renato fears that if sensitive information falls into the hands of a rival foreign government, they could use it to influence public opinion or elections.The U.S. Department of Justice said the hackers carried out the cyber-attack in May last year. In December of the same year, the issue of the 'Solarwinds' attack came to light. As a result of the attack, 17,000 public-private computer networks fell into the hands of hackers.
In April, US President Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Russia in response to other cyber attacks, including SolarWinds. However, Russia has denied the allegations.
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